leisesprecher , 6 hours ago

Problem is, people usually by far overestimate their position in society.

If you say “tax the rich” a whole lot of people feel like it’s about them even though they barely count as middle class.

Here in Germany I’ve had countless debates about inheritance tax. If your parents die, you only have to pay taxes (10%) on anything over 400k, and that’s per child. That means, most people will never pay a cent of inheritance tax, yet they are horrified by the idea of it, because they firmly believe, their parents shitty house in a village somewhere will bankrupt them and their two siblings.

People fundamentally don’t understand their own wealth and how tiny their wealth is compared to the billionaires class.